1.Help Save Them

　　A bid to protect some of the world's most bizarre and unusual animals, many of which are being completely ignored by current international conservation efforts, has been launched. The Zoological Society Of London will focus on the most endangered animals.The two-humped Bactrian Camel is found in Asia where less than 1,000 are believed to survive in the Gobi desert.

　　目前世界上許多稀奇、不尋常的動物都面臨著滅絕的危險，為了拯救它們，倫敦動物協(xié)會啟動了一項動物保護計劃，來特別關注這些物種。生活在亞洲戈壁沙漠的雙峰駱駝目前已經(jīng)不到1000只了

2.The Pygmy Hippopotamus stands about one metre high and is native to West Africa. Numbers in the wild have fallen to below 2000 since 1993.

　　只有1米多高的矮腳河馬生活在西非，從1993年起這種動物在野外的數(shù)量不足2000只。

3.The Slender Loris has been hunted for centuries in Sri Lanka for its purported qualities as an aphrodisiac, asthma cure and as a kind of living voodoo doll. Development is also encroaching on its native habitat.

　　有傳言說這種生活在斯里蘭卡的細長懶猴具有壯陽及治療哮喘的作用，因此數(shù)百年來它們一直難逃被人們獵殺的厄運。另外，人類社會的發(fā)展也對他們的棲息地構(gòu)成了極大的破壞。

4.The tiny, insect-eating Long-Eared Jerboa lives only in one small area of south west Mongolia.

　　正在吃昆蟲的這種長耳跳鼠如今只生活在蒙古西部地區(qū)。

5.The Red Panda is found in the temperate forests of the Himalayas and some high mountain areas of China and Myanmar. It is now nearly extinct in the western part of its range due to human interference in its natural habitat.

　　由于人類不斷侵蝕小熊貓的棲息地，如今這種生活在中國喜馬拉雅山區(qū)和緬甸的動物已經(jīng)瀕臨滅絕。

6.The Orangutan hails from Indonesia. There are around 50,000 in the wild, but environmentalists warn they could be extinct by 2020 without a protection programme.

　　印度尼西亞紅毛猩猩目前在野生環(huán)境下的數(shù)量大約為5萬只，但環(huán)保人士警告說，如果不好好保護紅毛猩猩，那么這種動物有可能在2020年時絕種。

7.The Black Rhino population has been decimated by poachers in the last 40 years. Translocation schemes are in place to move groups of the animals to sanctuary areas in an attempt to protect them.

　　黑犀牛的數(shù)量在過去40年里由于盜獵者的活動而大量減少，現(xiàn)在人們正在考慮將這種動物遷徙到安全地區(qū)進行保護。

8.The Aye-Aye is a native of eastern Madagascar. It is the only mammal known to use echolocation. It taps on tree trunks then listens to the sound to locate the position of the grubs on which it feeds.

　　這種奇特的狐猴生活在馬達加斯加東部地區(qū)，它們是擁有回升定位能力的哺乳動物。目前它們的數(shù)量也需要人們保護。